Improvement in division-plates for cooking-stoves



SELENA C. EWING. Improvement in- Division-Plates for Cooking-Stoves.

Patented May 2,1871.

hated new.

SELENA EWING, OF HILLS FERRY, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent Lid 114,428, dated May 2, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN DIVISION-PLATES FOR COOKlNG-STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern: r

. Be it known that I, SELENA (l. EWING, ot Hills Ferry, county ofStanislaus, State of California,

have invented an Adjustable Partition for Stoves;-

and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanyingdrawing are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art orscience to which it most nearly appeitains to make and" use my said"invention or improvements without further in ention or experiment.

My invention relates to partitions-to be employed more particularly incooking-stoves, but applicable also to all other kinds of stoves; and

It consists in the employment of a plate of metal, made to fit in thefire-place and top chamber of the stove, which can be moved back andforth. across the fire-place in order to diminish the size of thefire-place when desired, in order to economize fuel.

In order to illustrate my invention as clearly as pos-.

sible, reference is bad to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which- A represents a cook-stove or, range of anydesired pattern.

The adjustable partition B may be made of sheet or cast-iron,- and soconstructed as to fit across the tire-place C and upper chamber D overthe oven of the store.

This partition can be secured by means of lugs traveling in slides inthe permanent front and back of the stove, or by other equivalentdevice, or it may be simply placed inside of the stove without anyparticulari'astening.

When not required for diminishing the size of the fireplace thispartition may be kept up close against the side of the stove, oppositethe door which opens into the fire-place, as shown at fig. 2, thusmakinga false back to the fire-place, or, in other words, a double side to thestove.

When it is desired to employ onlytwo of the holes of the stove thispartition B can be moved to the middle of the stove so as to cut oilone-half of the fire-place and. draught, thus confining the heat to oneside of, the stove, and requiring but little fuel to produce therequired amount of heat.

In order to readily accomplish theadjustment of the partition I maketwo'holes, 0, through the side f of the stove, one at each end. Upon theadjustable par- -tition I secure or form loops or staples, g, or othercatch, in line with the holes 6. Two rods, h, each having a hooked end,are then thrust through the holes e and hooked into the catches g,bywhich the partition can be then readily moved to any position desired.

By the employment of this adjustable partition :1.

great saving in fuel can be had, especially during the summer monthswhen it is not desired toheat the entire stove for cooking purposes.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Pat-.

cut, is a 1. The adjustable partition B, substantially as and for thepurpose above described. z 2. In combination with the adjustablepartition B the hooked rods h, substantially as and for the purposeabove described.

In witness that the above-described invention is 1 claimed by me I havehereunto set my hand and seal.

SELENA O. EWING. [L. s.] Witnesses:

G. E. BLAKE, J. M. HAWIJEY.

